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Access to justice needs to be affordable: Chief Justice Published on Jan 31, 2013 Lawyers are the pathway to justice for people in need of it, but the "most critical hurdle" in the way is the high cost of litigation, said Chief Justice Sundaresh Menon. -- ST PHOTO: KEVIN LIM By Bryna...

Man arrested for molesting woman on bus AsiaOne Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013 SINGAPORE - Police have arrested a 42-year-old man believed to have molested a woman on board a bus from Woodlands Regional Interchange to Turf City. A report by a female victim was received at about 9.40pm on December...

Woman tails husband in car when she suspects he is having an affair Published on Jan 29, 2013 Xiao Shi Ying, 35, was fined $2,500 in court for causing hurt to her then-husband and two others through her negligent driving -- ST PHOTO : WONG KWAI CHOW By Elena Chong A woman who caused...

Vietnamese woman stole jewellery from infants at the zoo Published on Jan 28, 2013 People at the entrance of the Singapore Zoological Gardens. A Vietnamese woman would steal the jewellery of infants at the Singapore Zoo in Mandai when their parents were not paying attention. -- PHOTO...

Man sentenced to two weeks jail for use of criminal force on taxi passenger Published on Jan 23, 2013 By Elena Chong A freelance dance instructor was sentenced to two weeks' jail on Wednesday for forcefully grabbing the arm of a woman taxi passenger. Felix Huang Sze Thian, 31, who...

Law prof & friend tailed me, says CPIB officer January 22, 2013 - 1:08am By: Rennie Whang CPIB officer Thomas Cheo outside the courts yesterday. TNP PHOTO: Choo Chwee Hua A mystery woman followed a Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) investigator and his wife in town and took a...

NUS law prof Tey takes short break after hyperventilating By Claire Huang | Posted: 22 January 2013 1543 hrs Tey Tsun Hang arrives at the Subordinate Courts. SINGAPORE: The first part of the sex-for-grades corruption trial involving the National University of Singapore law professor...

Sex-for-grades trial: Another ex-student named in court AsiaOne Monday, Jan 21, 2013 SINGAPORE - As the sex-for-grades trial involving National University of Singapore law professor Tey Tsun Hang enters its 8th day, a new name has been thrown up in court. Tey, 41, is facing six charges of...

NUS law prof claims he cried, pleaded with CPIB deputy director By Claire Huang | Posted: 21 January 2013 2057 hrs NUS law professor Tey Tsun Hang. (Photo: Ernest Chua, TODAY) NUS law prof claims he cried, pleaded with CPIB deputy director SINGAPORE: The National University of...

"It's so shameful", says NUS professor Tey Posted: 21 January 2013 1437 hrs File photo: Tey Tsun Hang (TODAY/Don Wong) SINGAPORE: The NUS law professor defending himself in the sex-for-grades corruption trial kept saying "it's so shameful" on the day he was picked up by the Corrupt...

Law prof seems 'possessed', CPIB officer writes in diary January 19, 2013 - 12:55am By: Rennie Whang Chai Hung Yin TNP PICTURE: Gavin Foo Yesterday in court, details from a Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB) officer's diary gave an insight into the behaviour of law professor Tey...

DPP disputes law professor's move to call on psychiatrist in sex-for-grades trial The Straits Times Friday, Jan 18, 2013 SINGAPORE - Tey Tsun Hang, who is on trial for corruption, produced as evidence a receipt of psychiatric consultation with Dr Tommy Tan, whom he said would be called as...

NUS law prof may not be as ill as he claimed to be: CPIB officer By Claire Huang | Posted: 18 January 2013 2237 hrs NUS law professor Tey Tsun Hang. (Photo: Ernest Chua, TODAY) SINGAPORE: There was a constant war of words between Corrupt Practices Investigation Bureau (CPIB)...

NUS law prof couldn't remember own name in hospital: CPIB officer By Claire Huang | Posted: 18 January 2013 1410 hrs SINGAPORE: The law professor defending himself in his corruption trial could not remember his name, identity card number and address on the day he was supposed to be...

Law prof claims CPIB officer threatened him by Amanda Lee 04:45 AM Jan 18, 2013 SINGAPORE - Law professor Tey Tsun Hang yesterday cross-examined the anti-graft investigator who recorded his statement last year, on the sixth day of the sex-for-grades trial, as he contested the admissibility of...

Man charged with stealing SBS Transit bus Published on Jan 17, 2013 A 27-year-old man was charged in a district court on Thursday with stealing an SBS Transit bus. Mohamed Rafiq Mohamed Basir allegedly stole the $302,639 bus at Buona Vista bus terminal between 9.06pm and 9.24pm on Jan...

Vietnamese syndicate jailed for theft Published on Jan 16, 2013 By Khushwant Singh The mastermind of a group of Vietnamese nationals who stole items from shops has been jailed three years and nine months. Le Thi Duoc, 51, recruited seven other fellow Vietnamese nationals to accompany...

Ex-bank teller jailed nine months for unauthorised withdrawals Published on Jan 15, 2013 Siti Aisyah Mohd, was sentenced to 9 months' jail for making unauthorised withdrawals and contravening the Computer Misuse Act. -- ST PHOTO : WONG KWAI CHOW By Khushwant Singh Between August and...

Ex-lovers turn cold in court January 15, 2013 - 12:51am By: Chai Hung Yin TNP PHOTO: KELVIN CHNG They were described as lovers. She bought him gifts. She was in awe of him and declared as much. But if you were in court yesterday, you wouldn’t have thought they were even remotely...

She watches as officers search her bedroom By Ben Nadarajan and Rennie Whang The New Paper Monday, Jan 14, 2013 THE knocks on the door came at 6.30am, just three hours after final-year law student Darinne Ko Wen Hui, 23, had gone to bed. One of her parents opened the door for two officers...